i don't see republicans accepting a tax increase. democrats are going to insist on a tax increase. and so we're really not going to get there. i think we'll do it in piecemeal form with continuing resolutions but any big efforts are really just not able to happen. >> it sounds like if that's the case, forget the last couple of months of coverage of these rolling fiscal cliffs. sounds like that's what we're in for from here on out. >> i'm not sure. i agree with tony that essentially republicans gave a tax increase to the president as part of the fiscal cliff deal at the end of the year. $600 billion tax hikes on the wealthiest. they view that as over. they've done their tax increase. they're not going to do another one. democrats absolutely refuse now to do any serious entitlement reforms. i don't think there's an appetite for brinkmanship we saw in the past. both sides want a continuing resolution done that keeps the government open starting at the end of march. we get to debt ceiling during the summertime and republicans won't raise the death ceiling unless we have cuts and democr